OT PIANO CHORD DICTIONARY CONTENTS MAJOR KEYS and RELATIVE MINORS. 1 cHonDs > Mair, Minor, Diminished, ‘ugrented Sixth Chords, Trough Seventh Chords Ninth Chords, Back Eleventh Chord, Thirteanth Chords... Catt CHORD CHART and MAJOR sack SCALE CHART exer HOW TO USE THIS BOOK ‘This Handy Guide shows the notation, fingering, and keyboard diagrams for all the important chords used in modern popular music, Only the most practical position of each chord is shown. The position given is the one that is generally best for use in playing accompaniments with the left hand. There are four pages for each letter and they are designated A1, A2, A3, Aa for easy references. Two Bass Notes are given for each chord. The Fundamental, or root bass note, is given first and is the one most frequently used with the chord. The alternate bass note, given second, is particularly useful in playing rhythmic accompanimentsthe left hand first plays the fundamental bass note, followed by one or more chords; then the alternate bass note is played, followed by ane or more chords. Note that double sharps ( x } and double flats (5) are used in this book only where it is impractical to spell the chords with simpler enharmonic notation. (A double sharp raises @ note two half steps. A double flat lowers a note two half steps.) Alfred Publishing Co, Ine. # PO. Box 10003, 16380 Roscoe Bhd. # Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 Second Edition Copyiight © MCMXCI by Aled Publishing Co.. ne Allrights reserved. Printed in USA ISBN 0-88284-156-4 ‘ Front cover photo: Jordan Mier MARION MUSIC CO. 4970 Stack Blvd. #8-3 Melboume, FL 32901 (407) 984-2470 HOW CHORDS ARE FORMED All chords are formed by combining certain scale tones according to definite rules. For example, any major chord is formed by combining the 1st, 3rd and 5th tones of the Major Scale. (See Chord Chart ‘outside back cover under Major.) By applying this rule to the Major Scale Chart (also on outside back cover) you will see that the 1st, 3rd and 5th tones of the A Major Scale are A, Chand E, respectively. Thus the A Major chord consists of the notes A, cH and E. By using these two charts any chord contained in this book may be quickly determined, Note that even though certain chords theoretically contain up to six tones, in practice some of these tones can be left out. (See A13 on page 4.) 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